Fell the Pheasant
Instant
Fell the Pheasant deals 5 damage to target creature with flying. Create a Food token. (It's an artifact with "
, 
, Sacrifice this token: You gain 3 life.")
- CMC
- 2
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- G
- Rarity
- common
- Set
- Throne of Eldraine
- Price
- $0.21
- EDHREC rank
- #18910
Fell the Pheasant destroys a creature with flying for two mana at instant speed — clean, efficient, and leaves a Food token behind as a bonus. It's a strict upgrade over most common green flying hate, and the incidental lifegain makes it worth running in any green deck that struggles with aerial threats.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
In Commander, Fell the Pheasant earns a slot in green decks that lack access to white or black removal — flying creatures are a common blind spot for green, and instant-speed unconditional destruction at two mana fills that gap reliably. Pauper is where it actually competes at a high level, since the removal suite is constrained by rarity and two-mana instant creature removal with upside is genuinely scarce at common. In Legacy, Modern, and Pioneer, Fell the Pheasant is too narrow — formats with fast clocks and diverse threats don't reward conditional removal, and green has better options. Oathbreaker mirrors the Commander read: useful in the right shell, ignored in anything with better removal access.
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Price Context
Current price
$0.21 bulk tier
At $0.21, Fell the Pheasant is firmly bulk — you're paying for a functional common, not a scarce one. Supply is high and demand is casual, so the price isn't going anywhere meaningful in either direction.
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Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.